This document provides instructions for a lip syncing task to be completed in groups of 2-4 students. They are to choose a 1 minute segment of a song to lip sync to and film performances at 5 different locations, cutting between locations within the 1 minute. Students will then edit their footage together, ensuring perfect lip syncing and alternating between locations. They will turn in their edited video by Tuesday and participate in a peer review on Thursday, reflecting on strengths, challenges, and lessons learned for future music video projects.

1. Assign __:Lip syncing task

2. Your previous instructions:
• Groups of 2-4
• IT IS CRITICAL THE PERFORMER CAN LIP SYNC 1 min of the song so you need to practice (it's a lot
harder than you think, trust me so please do practice).
• The song will also need to be downloaded on a phone or available on YouTube when filming (need
to play as you film/lip sync).
• We will do this on Monday July 11 so please be ready (if you aren't be prepared to get the filming
done in your free time) You can bring a prop/accessory like a hat/jacket etc if you want.
Choose one of the following song choices:
• Bastille: 'pompeii'
• Justin Bieber: 'sorry'
• George Ezra: 'Budapest'
• James Bay: 'hold back the river'
• Olly Murs: 'troublemaker'

3. starter
Watch the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehSJ3e8_NgU
*ignore narrative – concentrate on performance only
How many different ‘locations/sets’?
How do you think they film so it can cut between the different
performances?

4. Production objectives
Your production objectives:
• Film 1 min of the song (performance only)
• FYI: Performance must cut between 5 different locations within the 1 minute,
it should NOT just be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 but go back and forth between them
• Some performance should include walking/camera movement
• Every shot to be in perfect lip sync

5. Post-production objectives
Your post-production objectives:
• Download track (convert to mp4) and import song and your footage
• FCPX: new library, event, project (call it ‘lip sync task’)
• Edit your video
• Performance must cut between 5 different locations within the 1 minute, it
should NOT just be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 but go back and forth between them
• Export as MOV, upload to youtube and e-mail to Mrs Connell by end
of Tues (you have Tues lesson to edit)
• We will watch the videos in Thursday’s lesson and peer assess

6. Reflection/evaluation
Answer the following questions in a word/powerpoint:
1. Identify strengths in your video
2. Identify what you found difficult in this task
3. Anything you could have done to improve?
4. How did you film to ensure the you could alternate between
different locations in your video?
5. How did you edit to ensure there was perfect lip syncing?
6. What important lessons did you learn for your music video in A2?

7. Tues/Thur
• Tues: editing/completing reflection
• Thur: present videos and reflection questions
summer tasks set